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Alexey Markov (Photo: screenshot)
A message appeared on the website of the association of members of illegal pro-Russian armed formations ORDLO on 24 October about the death of the head of a militant battalion. «The ghost ”by Alexey Markov. He probably had a fatal accident.
About it reports from militant organizations «Donbass Volunteers Union “.
Pro-Russian militants do not write about the causes of death, they only report that Markov died on Saturday, October 24.
At the same time, local publications that collected information from eyewitnesses and photos of the place, the cause of the leader’s death. «Ghost “is called accident in busy Lugansk.
According to news from Donetsk, the accident happened on October 23 near Gorodok in Lugansk, a passenger car, a 155 minibus and a UAZ car collided with a local. «policeman “ (probably Markov – ed.), who was driving with beacons and sirens on. UAZ capsized as a result of a collision.
According to Russian media, Markov participated in the war in Donbass on the side of the invaders since 2014. The armed formation, which he led, opposed the Ukrainian positions in the area of Zolote, Zhelobok and the Bakhmut highway.
Militants of an illegal armed formation «Ghost “are included in 14 armored personnel carriers of the so-called «the people’s militia “.
In February-March 2014, after the fall of President Viktor Yanukovych’s regime in Ukraine, Russia carried out a special operation to annex Crimea, instigated separatists in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, and launched a direct military invasion in August. 2014 and February 2015.
Russia continues to fuel the war in the Donbas with money and weapons, creating a full-fledged army in the occupied regions, made up of professional Russian military personnel, citizens of the Russian Federation and local separatist elements.
As a result of the Russian aggression, more than 14 thousand Ukrainians died, more than 20 thousand were injured, 1.8 million Ukrainians became internally displaced.
The EU, the United States and Japan, in response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, introduced anti-Russian sectoral and personal economic sanctions.
